tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post6078650843629883527..comments2024-03-19T07:18:25.882+00:00Comments on Historical and Regency Romance UK: A love affair with namesLouise Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895724319451189592noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-83881123993695769322022-08-22T09:16:50.859+01:002022-08-22T09:16:50.859+01:00Betty Withycombe is the cousin and long term corre...Betty Withycombe is the cousin and long term correspondent of Patrick White, the Australian Nobel prize winning novelist. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-2660217511643367312017-06-10T09:55:11.678+01:002017-06-10T09:55:11.678+01:00Yes, I do that too. Scouring maps for a name when ...Yes, I do that too. Scouring maps for a name when I need one! I recognise so many of GH's names when I trawl through maps, especially in my local area of Sussex.Elizabeth Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09407958362024218785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-79327070323356308832017-06-07T18:49:32.150+01:002017-06-07T18:49:32.150+01:00I loved this post, Elizabeth. I, too, have a much-...I loved this post, Elizabeth. I, too, have a much-loved and much-used copy of E. G. Withycombe's 'The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names'. And, like Joanna, I tend to use place names as surnames - as did Georgette Heyer.Elizabeth Hawkisleyhttp://www.elizabethhawksley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-58134170762875120072017-06-05T11:07:19.401+01:002017-06-05T11:07:19.401+01:00Yes, it's good fun and you can call it work to...Yes, it's good fun and you can call it work too, Joanna!Elizabeth Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09407958362024218785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-77147538626919266192017-06-01T05:35:22.859+01:002017-06-01T05:35:22.859+01:00Like you, Liz, I take surnames from maps but I als...Like you, Liz, I take surnames from maps but I also make notes (= lists, of course) of interesting place names as we drive around the country. That's how the hero of Marrying the Major ended up with the surname Stratton. I also created a whole fleet of villages, like Stratton Magna. Such fun. Also wonderful displacement activity.Joanna Maitlandhttp://libertabooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-92023086118189600612017-05-30T14:24:57.254+01:002017-05-30T14:24:57.254+01:00Aha, so I'm not the only one! Sounds an intere...Aha, so I'm not the only one! Sounds an interesting source for names, April.Elizabeth Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09407958362024218785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-34769954869736024472017-05-30T10:50:30.222+01:002017-05-30T10:50:30.222+01:00I make lists from reference books I read about the...I make lists from reference books I read about the fourteenth century and a couple of websites which list names from manorial rolls or other fourteenth-century documents. Naming characters is fun and tiresome at the same time.April Mundayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00147194554101708169noreply@blogger.com